Drift down the Colorado River through Glen Canyon and explore the people and places that encompass the history of this majestic canyon before it drowned in the rising waters of Lake Powell. Author Gregory Crampton led the historical investigations of Glen and San Juan Canyons from 1957 to 1963 under contract with the National Park Service. The objective was to locate and record historical sites that would be lost to the rising waters of the reservoir. This book records that effort. First published in 1986, this edition has been revised to include several new “ghosts” of Glen Canyon, including a never-before-published foreword by Edward Abbey. It also showcases stunning color photographs by Philip Hyde and includes hundreds of black-and-white photographs taken by the original salvage crews. This informative guide to the historic treasures of Glen Canyon includes numbered maps keyed to each location. It is a book for both the armchair traveler and the lake enthusiast eager for a journey through the past to a place few had the privilege to know.

Ghosts of Glen Canyon: History beneath Lake Powell

History

Americas

Bonneville Books

Originally published in 1968, this classic work by renowned archaeologist Neil M. Judd is a compilation of recollections and memories of his extensive career in archaeology. The stories told are truly those of “Men Met Along the Trail,” of the archaeologists, Mormons, Indians, prospectors, ranchers, and settlers that Judd encountered in his lifelong travels and work throughout the southwestern United States and beyond. There are meetings with leading American archaeologists such as “Dean” Byron Cummings, W. H. Holmes, and Charles D. Wallace, and famous Southwestern figures including Cass Hite, Dave Rust, and John Wetherill. Throughout are tales of early field work and typical camp life, from flooded canyons, run-ins with rattlesnakes, cumbersome pack trains, and early Model T Fords, to camp pranks, food shortages, and Zuñi dance celebrations. Written at the request of young associates who felt Judd’s lifetime of experiences in the field could be both instructive and amusing, Men Met Along the Trail provides a glimpse of archaeology when it was an emerging field of study, evolving from simple curio collecting to technologically advanced radiocarbon dating and pollen analysis. Featuring more than thirty original photographs and a new foreword by Don D. Fowler, this book is entertaining and informative, offering readers a vibrant and colorful picture of the adventures to be found in early Southwestern archaeology.

Men Met Along the Trail: Adventures in Archaeology

Politics & Social Sciences

Judd, Neil M.

Archaeology

“John Wesley Powell: explorer, writer, geologist, anthropologist, land planner, bureaucrat. Which one do we focus on?” This is the question author James M. Aton poses at the beginning of his biography of Powell, though he soon decides that it is impossible to ignore any facet of Powell’s life. Powell was a polymath, one whose “divergent interests resemble one of those braided streambeds in his beloved canyon country, branching out in many directions, but ultimately beginning and ending in the same stream."Aton beautifully tells the multidimensional stories of Powell’s childhood, his military and teaching careers, his famous and exciting explorations of the Colorado River, and the battles he waged from his influential positions within the Smithsonian’s Bureau of Ethnology and the United States Geological Survey. This new edition of John Wesley Powell: His Life and Legacy, first printed as an issue of the Boise State University Western Writers Series, includes the original biography, but also features Aton’s new interpretations of Powell’s writings on exploration, land-planning, anthropology, and irrigation, and incorporates the author’s distinguished faculty lecture on Powell and cash-register dams in the Colorado River Basin.

John Wesley Powell: His Life and Legacy

Biographies & Memoirs

Aton, James M

Historical

Have you always wanted a personalized license ptate, but just couldn't think of the right one? 
This book will help! Ted Ford, America's premier expert on personalized license plates, shares some of his all-time favorites. Stuffed between these covers are hundreds of America's funniest, attention-getting, provocative vanity plates. 
Ted brings you up to speed on "traffic talk"-the art of communicating a message in seven characters or less-and turns you into a plate pro. Try your hand at his license plate IQ tests to see if you can decipher some of the trickiest plates on the road. 
Even if you're content with a standard-issue plate on your own car, you'll get a kick out of these zany plates as well as Ted's hilarious commentary and anecdotes. After reading this book you'll never look at the back of cars the same way again!

America's Funniest License Plates: The "Baby Name Book" for Your Car

Humor & Entertainment

Ford, Ted

Humor

Kit's finally married! But just when everything seems perfect, Kit learns that her birth mother---the one who left her in a dumpster twenty years ago---needs her help. Can Kit learn to forgive and let go of the pain in her past? Expertly written and full of heart, this captivating conclusion to the Finding Faith trilogy will delight fans of all ages.

Choosing Charity

Terri Ferran

Literature & Fiction

Summer camp won't know what hit them! Pip's parents are sending him away on an adventure, but Pip's sure a whole week at camp will be more like torture! Filled with fun comedy, eye-catching pictures, and an easy-to-follow storyline, this book is perfect for young readers and guaranteed to keep the whole family grinning to the very last page!

The Misadventures of Phillip Isaac Penn: PIP Goes to Camp

Children's Books

Donna L. Peterson

Micah and Alicia are excited to meet John Taylor as a child in England. But when their phone won't let them return to their own time, they'll follow the prophet around the world, learning some important lessons along the way. Humorous, entertaining, and informative, this book is a wonderful introduction to church history that's bound to be a family favorite!

John Taylor and the Mystery Puzzle (Texting Through Time)

Teen & Young Adult

Christy Monson

Follow Mattie in her quest to find faith and love on the eve of the Mexican Revolution. After experiencing insurmountable trials, including escaping a killer and calling off her wedding, Mattie's faith in God is shaken. In the throes of bitter disappointment, dark despair, and agonizing heartbreak, Mattie emerges a woman of faith. Recognizing God's hand, she experiences peace, happiness, and enduring love.

Mattie

M. Ann Rohrer

Genre Fiction

When the signs of the Savior's birth appear, Nephi witnesses another miracle-the Liahona starts working again after 600 years of being idle! Determined to find and worship the King of kings, Nephi takes his brother Timothy and skeptic Cephus on a journey across the ocean that ultimately changes their lives-and the course of history-as they become the legendary Three Wise Men.

We Three Kings

John Pontius

Terri Pontius

Literary

Sophie doesn't know what kind of man she's looking for, so her father suggests she write letters to her future husband-and come to know him in the process. But Sophie soon learns her letters aren't the most reliable key to her heart. This hilarious coming-of-age novel is a guaranteed laugh-out-loud read you'll want to share with all your friends.

Letters to My Future Husband

Religion & Spirituality

Lisa McKendrick

Christian Books & Bibles

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